Practical English Prosody and Versification: Or, Descriptions of the Different Species of English Verse, with Exercises in Scanning and Versification ... Calculated to Produce Correctness of Ear and Taste in Reading and Writing Poetry ...Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816 - 261 strán (strany) |
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Strana 72
... woe no longer strikes the ear ; And ev'ry eye is dried from ev'ry tear . The pow'r , that bids all cares and troubles cease , Will kindly crown our future days with peace . His sire's exploits he now with wonder hears : The 72 Scanning .
... woe no longer strikes the ear ; And ev'ry eye is dried from ev'ry tear . The pow'r , that bids all cares and troubles cease , Will kindly crown our future days with peace . His sire's exploits he now with wonder hears : The 72 Scanning .
Strana 76
... Peace , with all her rural train , Health , Plenty , Joy , return again . 4 Peace and content would bless each day , The hours serenely glide away .... 5 Not all the world can now impart A charm to glad my drooping heart . 6 Wrest from ...
... Peace , with all her rural train , Health , Plenty , Joy , return again . 4 Peace and content would bless each day , The hours serenely glide away .... 5 Not all the world can now impart A charm to glad my drooping heart . 6 Wrest from ...
Strana 80
... peace , and plenty o'er . 38 Improving and improv'd , they'd learn New charms in wisdom to discern . 39 You cherish feelings too refin'd For him who mingles with mankind . 40 He rises from his sleepless bed , His soul convuls'd with ...
... peace , and plenty o'er . 38 Improving and improv'd , they'd learn New charms in wisdom to discern . 39 You cherish feelings too refin'd For him who mingles with mankind . 40 He rises from his sleepless bed , His soul convuls'd with ...
Strana 87
... Peace crowns our cities , plenty loads our plains ; And æther rings with gratulating strains . 94 Greater than he who vanquish'd first the main , The Persian with a million in his train , Himself soon vanquish'd by the Grecian chief ...
... Peace crowns our cities , plenty loads our plains ; And æther rings with gratulating strains . 94 Greater than he who vanquish'd first the main , The Persian with a million in his train , Himself soon vanquish'd by the Grecian chief ...
Strana 90
... peace of mind , and harmony within ? What the bright sparkling of the finest eye , To the soft soothing of a calm reply ? Can comeliness of form , or shape , or air , With comeliness of words and deeds compare ? No ! those at first th ...
... peace of mind , and harmony within ? What the bright sparkling of the finest eye , To the soft soothing of a calm reply ? Can comeliness of form , or shape , or air , With comeliness of words and deeds compare ? No ! those at first th ...
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Strana 232 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Strana 233 - Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Strana 195 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great first Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Strana 19 - Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
Strana v - T' arrest the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast, And force them sit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art, That each may find its most propitious...
Strana 81 - His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience made him sage ; In summer's heat and winter's cold He fed his flock and penn'd the fold : His hours in cheerful labour flew. Nor envy nor ambition knew : His wisdom and his honest fame Through all the country rais'd his name.
Strana 232 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Strana 73 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Strana 32 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn ; Kind nature the embryo blossom will save.